Nancy’ll wink at Nick, Weber predicts

I hate to be a bearer of bad tidings to the good residents of Congressional District 14, but I’m obliged to report that you won’t be getting a “gentleman’s agreement” in the race between former U.S. Congressman Nick Lampson, the Democratic candidate, and state Rep. Randy Weber, the newly annointed Republican candidate.

Not because the two candidates aren’t gentlemen — although Weber did call Lampson “Evil Knievel” and not in a complimentary way — but because there’s no agreement.

The Lampson-proposed “gentleman’s agreement” was “to strongly oppose and refuse any and all spending from politically involved groups which do not disclose their donors in our race from now until November 6.”

Lampson had in mind, of course, the proliferation of Super PACs flooding races with gold from the state house to the White House.

“By keeping their donors secret, certain non-profits and trade associations are running a shadowy operation which has no place in honest, transparent politics,” Lampson said in a press release. “If these interests could be proud of what they are doing, they they would do it in the light of day. Our bipartisan agreement can save the voters from an onslaught of negative media paid for by outside, anonymous interests. . . .”

Weber was unimpressed.

“It’s sad that Nick Lampson seems to be auditioning to become the Evil Knievel of political stunts instead of focusing on the concerns of our people and offering solutions to get our country back on the right track,” he said in his own press release. “We live in the real world where Nancy Pelosi and President Obama will stop at nothing to further their big government agenda. This includes helping raise millions of dollars for left-leaning Super PACs, so they can help candidates like Nick Lampson in Congressional District 14 by attacking me. In Nancy Pelosi’s pursuit of the Speaker’s gavel, she will ignore this ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ with a wink at Nick as she tries to secure his vote into her purse.”

Weber also said Lampson was “naive” and that he was “willing to manufacture sincerity for political appeal.”